Candle-receiving rack.



PATBNTED MAY 23, 1905.

S. H. LEAVENWORTH.

CANDLE RECEIVING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.19, 1904.

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PATENT CANDLE-RECEIVING RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,845, ated May 23,1905. Application filed September 19, 1904:. Serial No. 224,956.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH H. LEAVENWORTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Candle-Receiving Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in candle-receiving racks as usedupon continuous-wicking candle-molding machinery; and the objects of myimprovements are, first, to securely lock the candles in thereceivingrack and, second, to provide a means of adjustment whereby therelative position of the locking-board and the guide-boards can beaccurately adjusted. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustratedin the accompany ing drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a portion of a candle-receiving rack. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionon the line, 1 2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a modification of theadjusting-screws F F.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Thcguide-boards M M, Fig. 1, are attached to and supported by thehousing H, Fig. 1. Below the guide-boards M M is shown the locking-boardA, Fig. 1, this board being free to move laterally within the limitsprescribed by the guides L L, Fig. 1. The three previously -mentionedboards are pierced with holes to receive the candles after they havebeen ejected from the molds in which they are cast.

The function of the locking-board A, Fig. 1, is to prevent the candlesfrom dropping backinto the candle-mold after the expressing mechanismhas been withdrawn, which function is accomplished by moving the locling board, thus throwing the holes in the lockingboard out of alinementwith the holes in the receiving-boards. The movement of the lockingboardA, Fig. 1, is accomplished by rotating the eccentric E between theguides L L, the center of rotation of this eccentric being fixed uponthe housing H. To secure and preserve the exact relative positions, Iattach to the locking-board by screws at J J the guide-plate B, Fig. 2,carrying the lug G. The guideplate B, to which is attached lug G, issecured to the locking-board A by screws at J J J, Fig. 2.

To plate B is attached the adjusting-plate D, which is secured to plateB by the three screws O O O, the openings for these screws being slottedin plate D to permit a lateral movement between plates B and D when thescrews O O O are released. Attached to plate B is the lug G, whichprojects through the opening N in the adj usting-plate D. The opening Nin plate D is flanked on either side by the bosses K K, through whichare passed the adjusting-screws F F, which engage with lug Gr on eitherside.

When the locking-board A is locked, lever B is in the position as, shownin Fig. 1, resting against the stop S, Fig. 1, this stop being so placedthat when lever R is brought into contact with it the eccentric E haspassed the point of its greatest travel, thus securely locking the boardA against any lateral strain which may be brought to bear upon it.

The adjustment of the position of lockingboard relative to thereceiving-boards M M is secured by means of the screws F F, therecession of screw F and the advance of screw F, or vice versa,imparting a lateral motion to adjusting-plate D and a consequentvariation in the relative positions of the lockingboard A and thereceiving-boards M M.

Fig. 3 shows a modification of the adjusting-screws F F, wherein asingle screw is substituted for the screws F F, said screw having agroove at or near the center, said groove engaging with slot in lug G,as shown.

\Vhatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination in a candle-receiving rack of a locking-board, aguide-plate carrying an adjusting-plate, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a candle-receiving rack of a locking-board, aguide-plate, a l-ug thereon, an adjusting-plate fitted withadjusting-screws engaging with guide-plate lug, all substantially asshown for the purpose described. a

8. The combination in a candle-receiving rack of a locking-board, aguide-plate, a lug there0n,an eccentric-actuated adjusting-plate,adjusting-screws engaging said guide-plate,

all substantially as shown for the purpose ole- I0 scribed.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SETH H. LEAVENWORTH. Witnesses:

THoMAs A. MAOKLIN, JAMES W. FARRELL.

